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Using This Manual

Congralulalions

on

your

choice

of

an

RCA

VCR.

You

have

selected

a

high-quality,

precision-engineered

instrument

designed

to

give

you

years

of

video

and

audio enjoyment.

To

get

the

best

performance

from your new VCR, it is

important

that

you

carefully

read

and

follow

the

operating

instructions

in

this

manual

in

the

sequence

in

which they are presented.

Should

you

experience

a

problem,

please

follow

the

“Trouble

Checks”

near

the

end

of

this

manual.

The

warranty

on

the

back

cover

describes

what

RCA

will

do

for

you

should

your

new

VCR

need

service

during

the

warranty

period.

It

also

tells

you

how

and

from

whom

you should request service.

Contents

Warranty Registration.......................................... Inside Front Cover

Safety Precautions................................................ Inside Front Cover

Installation

• Unpacking, Choosing Location .............................................................. 2

• General Installation Information.............................................................. 2

• Antenna Connections............................................................................

3.4

• Cable-TV Connections.......................................................................... 5-6

• TV Monitor/Receiver Connections......................................................... 7

What Your VCR Will Do..............................................................................

8

Video Cassettes .............................................................................................

9

Basic Operation

• Basic Operating Controls and Displays................................................ 10

• Inserting/Removing Cassettes...............................................................

10

• Turning on Your VCR for the First Time........................................... 11

• Programming Active Channels into VCR’s

Tuner........................................................................................................

11

• Deleting Channels from the Scan List.................................................

11

• Adding Channels to the Scan List........................................................

11

• Setting TV to VCR Channel.................................................................. 12

• Setting the UCTi/rK Switch .................................................................. 12

• Simplified Installation Checklist........................................................... 12

Remote Control ........................................................................................... 13

• Battery Installation.................................................................................. 13

Setting the Clock..........................................................................................

14

First Recording and Playback .................................................................... 15

Operating Controls (Detailed)............................................................... 16-17

Special Effects and Features

• Pause During Recording........................................................................ 17

• Pause for Stop-Action Playback............................................................ 17

• Frame Advance....................................................................................... 17

• Slow Motion............................................................................................. 18

• Picture Search.......................................................................................... 18

• Tape Counter............................................................................................ 18

• Memory Stop........................................................................................... 18

• Tracking Control..................................................................................... 18

Quick Reference Operating Guides

• Normal TV Viewing............................................................................... 19

• Recording with TV Off.......................................................................... 19

• Recording and Viewing the Same Program....................................... 19

• Recording and Viewing Different Programs...................................... 20

• Basic Playback......................................................................................... 20

• Recording from Another VCR.............................................................. 21

• Camera Recording .................................................................................. 22

Express Recording........................................................................................ 23

Programming the Timer......................................................................... 24-25

Timer Recording........................................................................................... 26

Alternate Remote Control Units................................................................. 27

Cabinet Cleaning.......................................................................................... 28

Trouble Checks............................................................................................. 28

Index (Alphabetical) ................................................................................... 29

Specifications......................................................................... Back Cover

Warrantj’................................................................................. Back Cover